NFL Schedule Released: See Key Houston Texans Games In 2021

HOUSTON, TX — Football fans everywhere can start circling the wins and losses, and begin making fall plans, now that the 2021 NFL regular season schedule has been revealed. The 2021 Houston Texans schedule features nine home games and eight away games, including six divisional contests and other intriguing matchups.

The Texans are scheduled to play the Jacksonville Jaguars and 2021 No. 1 overall pick Trevor Lawrence in Week One at NRG Stadium on Sept. 12 at noon. Houston has just one prime-time game on the slate in 2021.

The Texans-Titans rivalry has heated up in recent seasons, and the two teams will play in Nashville, Tennessee, at noon Nov. 21, and in Houston at noon Jan. 9, 2022, in the regular-season finale.

The 2021 season will be the longest in the history of the NFL, as the league approved an expansion from 16 to 17 games earlier in the offseason. In the new scheduling format, all American Football Conference teams will host an additional game in odd years, and all National Football Conference teams get an extra home game in even years.

The NFL will kick off the 2021 regular season on Thursday, Sept. 9, when the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Dallas Cowboys.

Three games are scheduled for Thanksgiving, which falls on Nov. 25 this year. The Chicago Bears will visit the Detroit Lions before the Las Vegas Raiders play at Dallas and the Buffalo Bills go to New Orleans to play the Saints in the holiday nightcap.

With the regular season extended an extra week, the traditional Week 17 division rivalry matchups will be held in Week 18.

Here’s the full Houston Texans 2021 schedule:

• Sept. 12, Jacksonville Jaguars, Home, noon, CBS
• Sept. 19, Cleveland Browns, Away, noon, CBS
• Sept. 23, Carolina Panthers, Home, 7:20 p.m., NFL Network
• Oct. 3, Buffalo Bills, Away, noon, CBS
• Oct. 10, New England Patriots, Home, noon, CBS
• Oct. 17, Indianapolis Colts, Away, noon, CBS
• Oct. 24, Arizona Cardinals, Away, 3:25 p.m., CBS
• Oct. 31, Los Angeles Rams, Home, noon, FOX
• Nov. 7, Miami Dolphins, Away, noon, FOX
• Bye Week
• Nov. 21, Tennessee Titans, Away, noon, CBS
• Nov. 28, New York Jets, Home, noon, CBS
• Dec. 5, Indianapolis Colts, Home, noon, CBS
• Dec. 12, Seattle Seahawks, Home, noon, FOX
• Dec. 19, Jacksonville Jaguars, Away, noon, CBS
• Dec. 26, San Diego Chargers, Home, noon, CBS
• Jan. 2, San Francisco 49ers, Away, 3:05 p.m., CBS
• Jan. 9, Tennessee Titans, Home, noon, CBS